Xianmi Wang1, Maomao Xi2, Lifeng Zhang3, Lili Jia4, Yan Wang4, Yimin Cheng5. 1. Peking Union Medical College, Beijing, China; Social Work Department, China Women's University, Beijing, China; Social Medicine Center, National Research Institute for Family Planning, Beijing, China. 2. Department of Infection Control, Wuhan Third Hospital, Wuhan, China. 3. Peking Union Medical College, Beijing, China. 4. Huangdao Family-planning Service Station, Qingdao, China. 5. Social Medicine Center, National Research Institute for Family Planning, Beijing, China. Electronic address: cymcp@sina.com.
Abstract
OBJECTIVE: To explore knowledge and use of female condoms in China, and to compare four modes of failure between the Phoenurse female condom (PFC) and the second-generation Femidom female condom (FC2). METHODS: In a randomized, crossover trial, sexually active women aged 20-49years who attended a family planning service in Qingdao, China, were recruited between April and October, 2013. A computer-generated randomized sequence was used to assign participants (1:1) to group A (used 10 PFCs followed by 10 FC2s) or group B (used 10 FC2s followed by 10 PFCs). Study investigators and participants were masked to allocation. Participants completed questionnaires at baseline and after using the two types of FCs. They also kept coital logs. RESULTS: At baseline, 30 (10.3%) of 290 participants understood female condoms, but only 1 (0.3%) had ever used one. Total failure rates were 3.6% (420/11 578) and 2.3% (265/11 594) for PFC and FC2, respectively (P<0.001). Slippage was the most common form of failure, affecting 6.9% of PFC uses and 5.0% of FC2 uses. Breakage, misdirection, and slippage were significantly more common with the PFC than with the FC2 (P≤0.002). CONCLUSION: Understanding of female condoms is poor in China. Failure is more common with the PFC than with the FC2.
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OBJECTIVE: To explore knowledge and use of female condoms in China, and to compare four modes of failure between the Phoenurse female condom (PFC) and the second-generation Femidom female condom (FC2). METHODS: In a randomized, crossover trial, sexually active women aged 20-49years who attended a family planning service in Qingdao, China, were recruited between April and October, 2013. A computer-generated randomized sequence was used to assign participants (1:1) to group A (used 10 PFCs followed by 10 FC2s) or group B (used 10 FC2s followed by 10 PFCs). Study investigators and participants were masked to allocation. Participants completed questionnaires at baseline and after using the two types of FCs. They also kept coital logs. RESULTS: At baseline, 30 (10.3%) of 290 participants understood female condoms, but only 1 (0.3%) had ever used one. Total failure rates were 3.6% (420/11 578) and 2.3% (265/11 594) for PFC and FC2, respectively (P<0.001). Slippage was the most common form of failure, affecting 6.9% of PFC uses and 5.0% of FC2 uses. Breakage, misdirection, and slippage were significantly more common with the PFC than with the FC2 (P≤0.002). CONCLUSION: Understanding of female condoms is poor in China. Failure is more common with the PFC than with the FC2.
Authors: Danielle M Harris; Anita Dam; Kate Morrison; Chastain Mann; Ashley Jackson; Shannon M Bledsoe; Andrea Rowan; Kim Longfield Journal: Stud Fam Plann Date: 2022-08-03